The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-16
, The canvass Of 1884 that
TO TURN TIE RAscALs OUT

have more Democratic county treasurers
as deiaulters In Ohio than we have had in
the vast treasury service OF the United
States. What compliment this to the
Republican administrations and what a
comment 1t Ia on the infamona calumny
by which the Democratic party came into
power. Ms - llIfy
But again, yon were promised that the
great SUNG In the Treasury Department
kept by a Republican administration to
maintain resumption and to meet the cur.
rent obligations OF the government, held
In the treasury In trust for the national
banks, would be distributed so that the
money would not bo boarded from the
people. What has been done In this re-
spect? tbs shown by the recent state
msnts that the balancea In the treasury
have steadily accumulated, and no part OF
the surplus has been paid out, and that
there Is now in tho treasury S2S2, ,O0O, 600
Of gold. 2lS 5000. 900 standard silver dollars,
s2S. 100000 Of United States notee, $50.
600, 600 deposited in national bank depos.
tories. In all there was in tho treasury
on the 3lst day OF Auguat, 1887, S5G1 $780,.
$50, far greater sum than was in the
treasury at auy time In 1884, when these
complaints were made. Now, mark II,
my friends, I do not complain that large
sums are held In the treasury, because I
know that large portion OF this money
Is held by the government In trust for
others, ns, for the redemption of notes
Of National banks in process Of liquida-
tion, and much Of 1t iai represented by
gold and silver certificates outstsndinr
and in circulation, and 100000, 600 Of it is
fund properly held under the law to
secure the redemption Of United States
notes. I only give you these fgures, not
to complain oil the administration in this
respect, but to chow how unjust aud
groundless Tere the reasons given for the
change Of administration. The beat that
| can say for this administration is that,
in its financial policy, in dealing with
your public debt and the public creditors,
It hss followed the example Of its Repub.
l!can predecessors, with this difference,
that it has Increased the balances of
money on hand and increased It's deposits
in National banks. It hss excluded, as
not available, from the amount of money
on hand, the whole macs OF fractional
silver coin held in the Treasury, amount
Ing TO over S28,000,000. In the canyas
our opponents charged the Republican
party with being the party OF the bond
holders, the speculators, the gold gam
blcrs, and excited tho prejudice Of the
ignorant by such base appeals, and now
it iollows IN our footsteps and increases m
tne balsnces on hand. What commen-
ta1y on the folly OF the change! "A. 5"I
With reference to the Civil Service Re.
form professions OF the Administration.
Mr.. Sherman spoke as follows;
Again, the Democratic party ticklod the
Mugwumps with -
A PRoAlaE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM,
and Mr.. Cleveland was especially copious
in bis promises that no one should be dis.
charged for his politics. The Republican
party, With some divisions, had supported,
lt.up and maintained an excellent civil
service, and, in the main, had practiccd
upon the rule that changes should no. be
made except for cause. Gen. Grant had
strongly urged this policy and recon-.
mendsd it's application to all the great Of.
tices OF the government. Congress was
not go friendly, perhaps, because members
OF Congress had large influence in making
appointments, but civil servico law was
passed during Republican adminiBtra-
tlon and ZONE progress was made in what
I regard as an important reform. What
has been the result under the new admin
istration? Our Democratic friends thought
that Mr.. Cleveland was GLOW in making
removals, but he has been rapid enough
to substantially change the whole civil
Rervice Of tine governMent. Nsarly every
onice in the foreign aervice, substantially
tho whole official corpa in tho vast depart
ments OF the interior, the treasury and
postotlice, and, in the main, the clerks
and employees in the various departments
have been changed during thi0 adminis-
tration. do not hesitate to say that the
service Of tho government has been greatly
injured thereby. .. ilg,..5,. l5,s..,
When aome Of these changes were pro.
posed to the eenate !or our confirmation
that body respectfully asked the President
Tor his REASONS for the change. In my
judgment the President made grave mis-
take and departure from his promises
whom be did not promptly and fairly state
to the Senate the causes Of removal in
each case. He would haye set an exam
pie which would have been followed by
big SUCCESSORS and would haye placed the
civil service Of the Government upon q
proper bssis. A repaon stated by him to
the Senate would have been received and
acted upon with the respect due to bis DO.
sition, but, instead Of that, he refused to
give his reasons and this left a coordinate
department of the Government to con-
ctdda either that be Was inaincere in his
pretenss that nc mado 10 removals except
lor cause, or that he eregarded that decla.
ration rs made in Pickwickian sense, to
be In force when he wanted it and of no
account when be did not want 1t. And
now think ! can fairly cay, in view Of
the experiences had, TINT President Oleye.
land has not observed his pledge to cup.
port either tho rule Ok civil service in his
AppoiAtnlsuta, or to sustain the civil ser.
vice commission in ito recommendation
What elso can be said in favor of this
administrator The highest compliment
It has received is that it $50 :-ii,.
HAS NOT bEkN .Ag BAD AS WAS EXPECTED.
It has not stopped the rain and sunshine,
the ordinary course Of the crops, or the
sbb and aow Of business. It has not
been able to repeal the Republican laws
upon which our industries rect. I take
1t that this 10 beoauso We still have Be.
publican Senate, and Democratic House
OF Representatives rhaa uever yer been
ablo to agree upon any political measure.
It WAS said the other day by Gen. Pow.
In his speech at Hamilton: ls&i s,Si
Until the Republican party came into
power not one scre Of the public lands
corporations" rs. 5IIl7'7' a. .-'s1', :
Nov, this ia. great surprise to me, fol
| have been long IN Congress, entering In
1850, and have always understood that
the policy granting lands to railroads. OF te
States Tor railroads wss started in 1851 BIZ
the grant Of immense and very valuable
tracts 81 land IN Illinois by tho Democrat,
party, ied by Mr.. Douglas, and that a
eVeryl COnpreas aftervar,]a opd .snr;or tr